Window-glass mounting



Feb. 12 1924. 1 1,483,491

A F. STILLWELL WINDOW GLAS-S MOUNTING Filed June 28 1922 wuen'oz Hunk Stillwe/l @25% 'h i5 @Him/naga Patented Feb. 12, 1924i.

UNITED STATES FRANK STILLWEIJL, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-:GLASS MOUNTING.'

Application med June 2s, 1922; serial mi.: 571,'4492 Tok all whom f 'it i may concern Be it known` that: I, F RANK S'rrLLwnLL, av citizen of the United States, .and residing at Brooklyn, in theV county of Kings and State of New York, havey inventedy certain new and useful Improvements lin Window- Glass ,'Mountings, of which the following is a specification, such as wi1lenable'those skilled in the art to 4which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates tothe mounting of transparent. panels in connection with windowsashes and the like,and the objectof the invention is lto provide means for holding said transparent panels .in position and for reinforcing the usual sealing body commonly employed 'forY this ipurpose to increase the life of. said bodygand with this and other objects in :view the invention consists in a device of the class and for the purpose specified which is simple in construction, efficient in use and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed. l

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in so each of the views, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a sectional view through part of a window sash showing one form of my impl'ovement mounted in connection therewit Fig. 2 a plan view of the blank from which the device shown in Fig. 1 is made;

Fig. 3 a View looking in the direction of the arrow 3 of Fig.A 1 with part of the construction broken away;

Fig. 4 a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a slight modification; and, l l

Fig. 5 a plan view of a blank from which the'device shown in Fig. 4 is made.

In Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawing, I have shown for the purpose of illustrating one use of my improvement,`a window sash 1() provided with the usual groove `11 for receiving the transparent panel or. windowpane 12 and, in practice, I employ a strip 13 of thin sheet metal cut out to form onone side edge thereof a plurality? of elongated fingen-like members 14 and on the other side thereof with spaced prong members 15, which are preferably arranged in line with one of a number of finger members 14 and,

- in' practice.,` th'ef strip.A 13-.isbent into sub;-

stantially V-sha'pedfformation in crossisection by bending" the" finger members-'j 14" at an angle to thef'b'ody'of thefstrip'asiclearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing,-andin the useffof myv improvedt device a strip of/the desired length is cut land placed" in j uXta'- position to the'y panelv12, when said". panel is in positiomand'the prongs 15'i aref'driven into.' one Lof the -frails of the' saslr i 10 as shown in saidfigure. This'is fdone'bothi'n the top and bottom' and' side rails ofthe sash", after which' the usual body' ofi putty 16 is placed in position in the usual manner, and? this body of puttyl'passesthrough:the yfngers'214 and around the strip landrsaid'strip and the. fingers thereoff are completely :imbedded in the putty. when this oper-atitm is 1 completed, and the1 finger members .14 willserve tohold the body of putty 16 together against cracking and breaking away from the panel 12, which eventually would loosen the panel or cause a leak between the panel and the separate rails of the sash and will also cause the rotting of the rails ofthe sash.

With the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive the members 14 by reason of their construction will be' capable of sprin action to allow for the slight expansion an contraction of the body of putty 16, but in Figs. 4 an'd 5 of the drawing, I have shown said finger members 14 provided with pointed ends 14a which are adapted to be driven into the rails of the window sash to reinforce said finger members and to hold the same approximately in predetermined positions.

My improved device ymay be made up very cheaply and may be quickly and easily mounted in connection with a suitable window sash and will take the place of the usual V-shaped panel retainers commonly employed in window constructions of this class and will materially lengthen the life of the putty body employed, the same operating to hold said body of putty agamst chipping or breaking away from the rails of the window sash as well as from the panel 12.

It will be understood that while I have shown one use of my improvement, that I am not necessarily limited to this use, nor am I limited to the specific arrangement of the prongs 15, or the members 14 of the strip, and various changes therein and modifications thereof may be made, within lit) lying in the same plane, and said spaced members being adapted yto be bent at an angle to the remainderof the strip in the use thereof. A.

.2. -A device for retaining Window panels in' position in a WindoW,-sash and for reinforcing the putty body' employed, said device comprising a strip of sheet metal provided at one side edge with spaced prongs and at the opposite side edge with spaced independent members, all portions of the 'strip lying in the same plane,.the` prongs of said strip being adapted to be' forcedinto the sash rails with the strip proper in juxtaposition to and bearing rupon the panel, and the members of saidstrip be-ing adapted to be bent at an angle to the` strip and embedded in the body of putty. v

3. A device for retaining window panels in position in a Window sash and for reinforcing the putty body employed, said device comprising a strip of sheet metal provided at one side edge With spaced prongs and at the opposite side edge with spaced independent members, all portions of the strip lying in the same plane, the prongs of said strip being adapted to be forced into the sash rails with the strip proper in juxtaposition to and bearing upon said panel, the members of said strip being adapted to be .bent at an angle to the strip and embedded in the body of putty and the free ends of said members being pointed yand adapted to be forced into the sash rails.

4. A device of the class described coinprising a strip of sheet metal vprovided at one side edge with spaced prongs and thc-opposite side edge being apertnred, all portions of said strip no1-mall).v lying in the same plane, and the apertured edge portion of lthe strip being adapted to be bent at .an angle to theremainder of the strip inthe use of the device. .am

In testimony that I- claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this 24th day of J une, 1922. 

